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program with a white house on bart with -- will pilot program and of more impacting the east coast from the san francisco symphony. gary radnich will have the latest ...
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>> (male announcer): live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. kron 4 news at 7 starts now. >> good morning. the top stores were following this monday march 18th. police in alameda are investigating a stabbing if that happened at a bar early this morning. we have crews on the scene. >> a memorial is growing for
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a santa rosa boy was killed when a car ran off of a racetrack during a race on saturday in marysville. >> if a weeklong test program allowing bicycle on bart trains during commute hours will start today. we have crews of the scene to bring you more coverage coming up. >> we're also following weather and traffic let us get a quick update on both. the was a good morning to erica and get the forecast. >> good morning erica. >> good morning james. >> now we're sitting in the '40's and we have how clouigh clouds. >> temperatures will be in the '60s and '70s. clouds will thicken up heading into the evening hours. i will have full details on a wet weather forecast in a couple of minutes george. >> a live look from walnut creek interstate 680 and the right into the san ramon valley getting sluggish as you start to approach alamo. >> the quick commute check
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shows moderate to heavy conditions on east bay freeways. >> moderate conditions for the south bay. a light ride on a peninsula and not to bad for the north bay either. james. >> george thank you. our developing story comes out of the east bay in alameda where a stabbing at a bar overnight was the subject of a police investigation this morning. we find kron fours will tram live from the scene of the total 400 block of central ave. >> for it is calledscobes. >> the crime scene than has pulled up to clean up the area. it started inside the bar there were six people involved spilling onto the streets where two people were stabbed or cut. you can see the crime scene tape. it needs to be cleaned up and that is why the scene is still here five hours after they got the phone call. >> here is video we got after it happen. they do not have any arrest at this point. we know two people received cuts. one person
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receive a cut to his head treated and released at the scene. a another cut on his neck severely he was rushed to the hospital. we do not know how you doing this morning. at last check no fatalities. >> how it started? no one knows. the police department is not telling us at least. i have talked to several witnesses and wants to talk to the bar owner. the place to shut down and they did not give the time to talk to the bar owner at the time. they are waiting for that person to return at that time there will ask that person if there is surveillance video to look at. back to you james. >> thank you will keep everyone updated. >> at memorial is growing for a santa rosa boy was killed following a car crash at marysville raceway park on saturday. friends and family of 14 year-old marcus johnson have been stopping by the moral outside of his family's muffler shop. he was one of two people killed when a race car sped out of
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control during a warm-up lap on the racetrack in marysville and crashed into the pit area. 68 year-old hideo wondergem of grass valley was also killed. >> authorities say the boy is the cousin of the driver of the race car was not injured. chase the johnson was behind the wheel during saturday's fatal crash. the pedal high school senior has also been a competitive fraser says a young age. his web site revealed that he comes from four generations of race car drivers. the 17 year-old lives and penngrsove. a town outside of pelham up. some of the championships each one have been at the petaluma speedway. his shop teacher at petaluma high school says chase is a good student. one of several kids at the school and a very involved in the sport. >> it is very difficult and sad to hear.
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>> chase johnson's website listed marcus as a member of the crew but the yuba county sheriff's department reports that market was not an official member of the pit crew, and his presence in the pit area is still being investigated. >> in vallejo police are investigating a deadly shooting. police responded to reports of shots fired on hichborn street in vallejo just after 5 last night. when their arrived on the scene they discovered an elderly man dead inside the apartment building with gunshot wounds. the victim's identity is being withheld as police continue their investigation. >> a truck crashed into a thrift store. there were several people hit. the crash is under investigation. >> today you can bring your bicycle on a bart train. a week-long program allowing
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bicycles all trained on bart will start today. the pilot program is the second test expansion of bicycle access to bart and this year. carly, bikes are banned from all trained during commute hours, a policy that has been the subject of protests from bicycle commuters for years. the pilot program, which run through friday will still for a bikes in the front three cars of all trains during commute hours and from the first car at all times for safety reasons. if the second pilot is deemed a success, bart staff returned to the board with a proposal for permanent changes to the bike policy. >> in august, commuters in san francisco, san jose and up and down the peninsula will not need to own bikes to peddle to many destinations. there will be able to borrow and return hundreds of bicycles at dozens of kosks . >> the bay area quality management district is
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rolling out a $7 million test program in august alone bikes to residents. >> the program, which is not been unable featured 700 bikes at 70 different stations. exact prices have not been named yet but expect to see prices and raise a $5 for 24 hours, $12 for three days, and around $85 for an and will pass. >> in the meantime looking at the san mateo bridge highway 92 traffic moving well. no problems. there are trouble spots will get the [ malema announcer ] whewn it comes to the finannacial obstacles milmitary families face, we understand. our oufinancnaial advice is ge gared specifically to cuo rrent enand former mily me mbers andheir families. lifle brings obstacles. usaa bra ings retirement advi.
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>> transit officials say the much-ferry service in oakland and south san francisco has not been living up to expectations. the $42 million service was launched nine months ago and operate seven trips each weekday. >> however, officials say riders ship is less than a third of what they were hoping for during the ferry's first here on the bay. now, in an effort to boost riders ship, the ferry operator wants to spend another $230,000 at more trips. it would include a third afternoon trip to the east bay into the dangers to and to me the day trips a week between south san francisco at pier 41. >> let us get a live look from our roof at van ness ave. this is a beautiful shot to wake of this monday morning
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>> 714 on the clock was in an update on the forecast. five today but there are changes on the red erica. >> nothing to worry about today in fact a great start to the date. rain is on the way tuesday night in to wednesday. i walk you to the timing in just a minute. if you are heading for work or school of the '40's for san francisco. mid '40's in concord. future cast 4 highlights lunch. we will start to warm things up. upper 60s and the livermore valley along the delta, and portions of the south bay. it will be on the chilly side. temperatures climbing to the upper 50s coesite. >> your afternoon highs 2:00 p.m. the yellow starts to
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filling in. we could very well climb into the low seventies. by 8:00 p.m. tonight increase in cloud cover the clouds will starts to thicken up in advance of the storm system. >> temperatures remain on the mild side. fifties for just about everyone. >> focusing on your afternoon highs plenty of six is in the south bay. thousand use 66. warmer for sunnyvale. getting into the seventies for the of the valley. 71 but, no. for fairfield, danville, pleasanton. >> 69 in livermore. 63 for castro valley. >> downtown san francisco 62. mid-60s and the bottle. >> satellite and radar keep a close eye on the cloud cover the high clouds streaming in over coastal fog. >> the storm system behind me is situated in the pacific it is slowly inching into the bay area. it could bring between a quarter and three-quarters of an inch of rain. >> that is on tap tuesday in to wednesday. expect wet
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weather, wet roadway for your morning commute. >> clear conditions and bricks of sunshine by midday wednesday. >> thursday into friday no chance of rain. we will see clear, sunny skies. tiverton the upper 60s laws seventies. >> it will feel like spring. >> 716 years traffic george. >> not looking at any hot spots. moderate condition that the bay bridge 16-18 minute drive times coming out the macarthur mmaize. less than that for the and th limitre and it's a prnimitz >> looking at the drive times and the traffic maps
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here 22 minutes from hercules to berkeley. for the easter freeway some slower traffic into walnut creek 680 southbound. south bay we mentioned the heavy traffic at the guadalupe parkway already on 101 northbound. >> this drive time out of the coyote valley 24 minutes up to the montague expressway. >> the north bay ride not bad. the drive time around 32 minutes from the bottnavato the golden gate bridge. ems on bart, caltran, h train three and five are on time. the muni metro is not reporting any problems that james. >> thank you george. it is 719 world headlines. catholics from the world over the weekend to see and hear them pope . >> here is video. more th20,000 more than 200,000 people
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packed st. peter's square on sunday. pope francis greeted the offer and the window of the papal apartment also came face-to-face with some well-wishers, after leaving vatican grounds to meet the following out morning mass. sun worshipers said they feel the new pope appears to have a stronger connection with the public. >> the catholic church has had a sense that they were so high now it is too low. he is coming to help us we're happy for that. >> he came out of the church and he was very personable. very connecting with the people. >> pope francis is to be installed in say piers' or tomorrow. we will carry live coverage. it will be early. if you want to watch the papal installation. we will have coverage on our 24/7 news channel, for the lastest news and traffic comcast 193 digital channel 4.2 or watch it live
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streaming on our web site kron4.com. >> a senior u.s. military official visiting seoul is sending a message to both koreas warning north korea over recent threats and reassuring south korea that military backing will not be heard by a u.s. budget debate. deputy secretary of defense ashton carter told reporters that the north threats would only deepen washington's defense commitment to seoul. >> ashton said deep u.s. budget cuts will not alter pentagon efforts to make south korea the fence a priority. >> china has bypassed the britain as the world's fifth largest arms exporter. the volume of chinese weapons exports rose by 162% from 2008-2012. the stockholm
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international peace research institute says a large buyer chinese weapons have been pakistan, which accounts for 55 percent of the country's exports. for the u.s. remains the world's top arms exporter, with 30 percent of the global volume. russia is second with 26%, germany third with 7 percent and france fourth with 6%. >> six men have been arrested following the game right there robbery of swiss tourist in central india. the group will appear in court today. the swiss woman and her husband roy cycling tour across india and has set up camp when a group of men allegedly assaulted them, beating the husband raping the wives. the case comes at a time in india when there are calls for stricter laws on sexual assault and changes in cultural attitudes toward women. >> all classes' are canceled at the university of central florida this morning following discovery of a student's body and explosives. >> 500 students were evacuated from a door
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building after someone called 911 and reported a person with a gun. police arriving counterperson dead inside a dorm room of apparent suicide. they also found an assault weapon what they called impoverished explosive devices. >> a trial is set to began this morning in new york city over the police department's controversial tactic of stopping, questioning and sometimes frisking people on the street. more than a hundred police officers, scholars and lawmakers are expected to testify about the policy that has seen mostly african-americans and hispanic men stopped by police in the past decade. >> many people say they were targeted because of their race. >> a white house official confirms that assistant u.s. attorney general thomas perez will be offered up as the next secretary of labor. some republican opposition is expected when president obama nominates peres today.
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>> to star football players and lyle are headed to a juvenile jail. the 210 teenage to 10 years were convicd of raping a 16 year-old girl after an alcohol few party last summer. now ohio's attorney general is calling for a grand jury investigation to see whether other teenagers, coaches, and parents and school officials broke the law by not speaking out sooner. >> you cannot... 16 with this is would not talk to us. we have other evidence that were sent to the grand jury. this community and desperately needs to have us behind them. this community also desperately needs to
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know that justice was done and desperately needs to know that no stone was left unturned. >> both teenagers address the court apologize for their behavior. mays was sentenced to a minimum of two years in a juvenile correctional facility. richmond was sentenced to a minimum of one year both to be in detention until they're 21 years old. >> a small plane crashed in indiana has killed two people and injured several others. you can see the crash here. authorities say the private jet crashed into at least three houses just a afternoon. the jet was apparently expressing mechanical trouble when it went down. officials say there were three other people were taken to the hospital with non life- threatening injuries. we will take a break is 76 let us go outside we have our roof camera. downtown san francisco a beautiful looking sky live with the rising sun and the background there it would back with more in a moment.
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good morning and thank you for waking up with kron 4 morning news is 729. things are pretty nice out there good morning erica. >> good morning darya we are seeing a hazy sunshine. we have scattered shclouds floating on by. >> it is still developing in the south pacific \ / \ / \ \ / \ / \ pacific. >> full details on the wet weather forecast at 729 is on to traffic with tgeorge. >> a quick commute check shows heavy traffic '40's a freeways. for a modern conditions of the south bay it is getting a sluggish at the 92 and 84 interchanges on the peninsula with highway 101. >> a pretty easy ride in the north bay for the south bound 101 ride to the golden gate bridge.
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>> james. >> all right george. >> now to alameda a stabbing at a bar overnight least to a police investigation. will tran is live along the 24:00 as the revenue with the latest on what pleaser telling us so far. >> james 5 and half hours and to the investigation so far no arrest. you can see what is happening behind me. the police are still here because their supplies in the crime scene cleanup. once it is done that will open the sidewalk up. this happened inside scobes . according to the investigators six people inside the fight spilled onto the street. two people were either cut or stabbed. one so badly that he was taken to the hospital here is video we got after it happen around 150 in the morning shortly before closing time they did not know what started the fight. they talked to several witnesses. so far no suspect description has been released to us. we do know along with the man was cut on the side of his neck
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there was another man received cuts to his head as well. he was treated and released. everyone is cooperating. at this point they want to talk about the bar owners to see if there is in its surveillance video take a look at to try and track down who of the people that are responsible for this. track them down as well as talk to potential witnesses. six people to find out exactly what happened. back to you james. >> thank you will for the update. >> take a look at the memorial and is growing for santa rosa boy was killed following a race car accident on saturday. friends and family of 14 year-old marcus johnson have been stop stopping by the memorial outside of his family's love for shop. police said the boy was one of two people killed when a race car sped out of control on a warm of black at the track in yuba county in marysville. it presents the pit area and killed 14
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euromarket and 68 euro dakle wondergem of grass valley. the driver of the car was marcus a 17 year-old cousin. he was the one who was behind the wheel when the car went out of control. killing the 14 year-old boy. >> fellow police responded to a string of alcohol- related accidents over the weekend and made for arrest. the first-class cabin saturday night around six in beating at palo boulevard washington street. it was to year-old was arrested. the second crash happened on windsor drive and west haven away, a 17 year-old arrested in that incident. and a third accident happened early morning near sutter st., and a 19 year-old was taken into custody. >> a d.u.i. license checkpoint in santa rosa lee's to multiple rest over the weekend. several police arrested five for driving under the influence. >> 17 or cited for driving without a license. and four others were driving with a
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suspended license. complete their numbers are expected to release soon. >> in other bay area headlines, thick columns of smoke could be seen hanging over antioch, redwood and oakley due to a grass fire on german island. this was a startling sight people in the east bay saw yesterday's peopl. >> is located where the sacramento and san joaquin rivers meet. kron fours years cent in those photos of ash a dusting homes in the east bay. >> firefighters and decided to let the grass fire burn itself out since no structures are threatened. >> and elderly man was found shot dead at a vallejo home over the weekend. it happened at a home on hichborn street late last night. the victim was found on a property dead with
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apparent gunshot wounds. >> bart is doing a second test of bicycles on its trains starting today for the week. to get you more news faster let's go to jackie sissel. he is an oakland taking a look. >> do you have to parked by? you intend on the train. >> that is right both morning bike riders like that gentleman would have to park his bike and a bike rack and then get on board. starting today and for the rest of the week and the writer can take his bike on any train. it is a pilot program that bart has instituted for this week. in fact, they tried back in august on fridays only. there are some restrictions. what they want is to make sure there is still plenty of room for passengers. on the crowded train they are asking not to put there by on. they are reserving the first three cars for non bike riders also carry your bike up the stairs do not act as a letter that is the request. the hope is that an
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increase riders ship by allowing bikes on bart. i had a chance to talk to a bart director earlier this morning. he talked about the proposed plan. >> it is to better serve our passengers. from bicycling is a growing mold in the bay area. we're following on the model that new york city and the laws and laws of boys and adopted. we are examining can we allow bikes during all hours. >> it is just this week only this week as part of a pilot program. they can take the information they gather through this we can pass along to the board of directors. and ultimately get this on full time. some concerns our people will ridey do not have bikes is the congestion issue. bicycles take a lot more space in people. that will be part of the star wsurvey.
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>> you can take your bike on bart anytime this week. >> bart wants to get the word out the more people use it the more they will think this is a good service. >> thank you jackie. james. >> the san francisco 7 it says the musicians' strike is forcing the cancellation of upcoming more than 100 musicians started striking on wednesday when their union and the senate failed to reach an agreement under contract. the musicians rejected a proposal to resume playing concert during a cooling off period. >> the last time the news is on strike from 1996 to 1997. the strike led to the cancellation of 43 concerts'. >> we will take a break at 737. we will be back with more headlines in a minute. here is the golden gate bridge a shot at beautiful looking shot of the bridge and the north bay in the background. really
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pleasanton this is morning it will be beautiful this afternoon. we are expecting rain but not until midweek. we will be right back. [ teen ] times are good, aren't they, kids?
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>> i hope you're not having breakfast this will gross you out. roaches crawling out of air vents of the seats and windows, on people, roaches were everywhere. passengers on a greyhound bus trip from atlantic city to new york on friday that some of roaches were crawling everywhere in falling on them. crawling up on their clothes. >> if check out the cell phone footage that shows the past scurry across the bus floor. a greyhound spokesperson said the bus driver acted properly when passengers complained to him that there were bugs on the bus. >> the driver immediately pulled abuzz over radio dispatch for help. a second bus was immediately sent to the trip into york. greyhound spoke to each passenger and apologized and
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provided full refunds. everyone says the cockroaches start to come out from nowhere 15 minutes to the bus ride. >> thank you danny. 741 will be back with more in a couple of minutes--thank you anny . >> gary will talk about what to put on your office pull brackets. we're keeping track of your weather and the commute this monday morning taking a look at march madness on monday. it is pretty steady in the shot. we will be right back. [ engine revving ]
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bay area it will close in tomorrow night overnight. then scattered showers waking up wednesday morning. the to cast four shows by 8:00 p.m. of the conditions. this is for tomorrow. waking up wednesday morning light rain and suspended from a clothesline, but as luck, and in the livermore valley. >> waking up 8:00 a.m. wednesday morning had rain along the altamonte pass. keep this in mind carry an umbrella. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows thursday and friday sunny once again. temperatures in the mid-70s as we head into saturday and sunday. >> 746 years george with traffic. >> a look at the ride at the bay bridge toll plaza starting our bridge check here. not tracking any hot spots it hasnhas got a slower in the right lane coming from a 80. drive time running 18-20 minutes of the maize. the
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san mateo bridge 92, traffic heavy but still moving well. 13-15 minute drive time. >> heading to foster city and hayward. >> the golden gate bridge ride looks good and heavya litte heavier a little earlier than usual. >> 26 minute drive time as we are near the peak for the east shore freeway. >> south bay freeway is getting crowded but no unusual or slow delays. >> the north bay ride has slowed down. we're looking at a 39 minute drive time from navato to the golden gate bridge. >> ♪ good morning to you. march madness began spirit we have the ncaa tournament to look for to. the bracket, you are supposed to fill these out. this looks like a map of my forehead or a bunch of
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wedding cakes. >> you tell me, surprises, cinderella's, seeds. >> why would you announce your bracket right on tv. >> i looked they said 41.7% the number one sees that led to the final four. i cannot do that. >> don't you see that every year were someone's dog or whenever manages to stick his nose down to pick the bracket. more times than not it is just as affected as a human beings sitting there doing it. >> let us talk locally we have cash out. >> there are two things you cannot talk about your bracket and your fantasy football teams because nobody cares. >> we have caliban unlv . both are close to your hard. >> cal of any team in the country are playing closer to home. they have a pretty good draw for this one game. >> when you play the
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smallest school all that business is tough. >> cal plays close to home. >> st. louis they win the atlantic 10. they are on the roster there were transported to the airport they will miss the selection and pull over at best buy this is how they found out the selection. >> i have not heard that. that was pretty good. >> it was the greatest day of my life is what the mayor said. i let them into the lounge where they have the tv they have 30 guys watching and cheering. >> if they have pretty good seeds i think there are fourth in one region. >> you have cal vs. unlv in san jose in the east region. >> i was looking for them. i want to know how blyth divided up. indiana is number one in that category.
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>> i have been complaining about this for a while try and make it so people... you cannot argue there if you are a cal fan or raid unlv than you can get the channels. >> in addition to louisville and indiana you have kansas and gonza. >> i love this. lmsao >> that is very '40's son. motown records son when he was younger he was a tennis player. now we know the kid from lmsao he is going to qualify for the u.s. open. i think the reason they're on hiatus is because people said that is a enough of this. i think it is queued to but if someone says come and play a big concert 4 5 million no i am playing
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tennis. no i do not think so. >> talk about a drop. even if he does not qualify. >> can hit the wall? >> he will play june 18th. listen it depends if it is an exhibition match. >> he is quick to play a regular batch or to more >> this is a qualifier northern california sectional a qualifying tournament. who know? >> play of the exhibition for fun if i merrill player maybe i am trying to qualify and you have a guy out there who is just for publicity sakes. i am sure he can play. i read he one a couple of junior champions. if you are 37 try to start this is obviously a stunt.
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>> he is in good shape i saw the video. >> against a real pro he will get killed. >> get people watching get them fired up. >> ira member a couple of years ago jerry rice kept saying i am going to be a pro golfer. he went to a small event in hayward and after the first day he shot 81 on thursday 81 on friday and have to go home. that is what the best athletes in the world. i am saying as much as i like and when you say but in the seats in sa linas they are going to watch them? i hesitate to bring this up i have to. i will not mention the players name. you saw the soccer player he is not banned for life. this is how we celebrate he takes off his shirt on the greek team the
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took in roughly $17 million. and rounding out the top three is steve carells magician, the the incredible bart wonder stone. grossing a little over 10 million. we will be right back with more on the kron 4 morning news. today live look outside the golden gate bridge. watching bay area weather and traffic this morning, will be checking in with erica who has a look at the forecast, as was george was watching has a look at the forecast, as was george was watching our morning commute
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>> (male announcer): live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. kron 4 news at 8 starts now. >> good morning the top stores were following this monday march 18th. police and alameda are investigating the stabbing that happen at a bar early this morning will have the crew with a live update for you. >> we are also following the death of a santa rosa boy. a teenager killed when a race car ran off the track on saturday. >> a weeklong test program allowing bicycles on bart trains will start today. we will have crews on the scene to bring you more coverage coming up. >> we're following weather and traffic tuscan of date. erica will start assault with a look at the forecast. >> good morning james we have high clouds to the july not to bad. '40's for just
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about everyone. into the afternoon high clouds will continue on. your highs getting up to the '60s and potentially low seventies. >> cloud cover will continue to thicken up as we head into the evening our spirit of what is your futurecast 4 talk about rain chance in my next report. >> we're not tracking any hot spots the we are looking at slow traffic around the bay area and the usual locations. the bridge is not doing too badly. drive time here 18-20 minutes. if you are coming out of the macarthur maize. >> looking for the san mateo bridge. still a good ride with just 11 minutes commute time. we have actually passed the peak for westbound right and for the golden gate bridge. and easy trek across man. the drive time for ran is running at about 42 minutes. >> thank you george. 8:01. >> breaking news just into the kron 4 news room former secretary of state hillary
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rodman clinton is announcing our support for gay marriage. if i in an online video just released, clinton says gays and lesbians to serve the rights of citizenship and that includes marriage. clinton's announcement was are in line with other potential democratic presidential candidates for the 2016 election, including vice president joe biden and new york governor andrew of iuomo . but also this is hillary clinton has publicly announced his support for same-sex marriage. >> a fight an album released a stabbing in sidebar overnight. kron 4 the will tran is live from the scene along the 2400 block of central avenue with details. >> here it is believed six people were involved in the fight. how it happen they do
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not know. it's started inside the place on to the sidewalk where two people were stabbed. one person received a cut on his head but was treated and released at the scene. >> another received a major- on his neck so badly was rushed to the hospital where did not know how you doing. we have no fatalities in this broad. as far as the rer as the rest their been none made. police are hoping they look at the surveillance video to track down who did as far as descriptions of the suspect even though the talk of multiple witnesses at this point no descriptions have been released. some people are looking at a walk by. this will continue to be shut down until this thing is all clear. back to you darya it >> also in vallejo, four people were hurt when a pickup truck drove threat restored. one of those injured included the driver. the seriousness of the injuries to the driver and
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other customers are not known. the cause of the crash also under investigation. >> a vallejo police also investigating a deadly shooting officers responded to shots fired on hichborn street in vallejo just after 5 last night. when they arrive they discovered an elderly man dead inside the building. apparently killed by gunshot wounds. the identity of the victim is being withheld pending a continuing investigation. >> a memorial is growing for a santa rosa boy killed following in a car at marysville raceway park on saturday. friends and family of 14 year-old marcus johnson have been stopping by the memorial outside of his family's muffler shop. police said the boy was one of the two people killed won a race car sped out of control during a warm-up lap on a racetrack in marysville and crashed into the pit area. 68 year-old ale wondergem and grass valley
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was also killed. the party said the boy is a cousin of the driver of the race car was not injured. >> kron fours maureen kelly has more. >> you can see him posing with the trophy in the snapshot alongside his older cousin chase. who is on the right-hand side. that young man now 17 was behind the wheel during saturday's fatal crash. chased johnson has been a competitive race for also sends a young age. his website reveals he comes from four generations of bridge car drivers. the 17 year-old who was on injured in the crash was in penngrove a town outside of pelmet. some of the championships he had won seven of the petaluma speedway. chase is a senior at petaluma high school his shop teacher says he is a good student one of several
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students that is very involved in the sport. >> it is a family activity. a wonderful thing to have a activity like that with your family. to lose a family member or whoever it is very difficult and sad to hear. >> chase johnson's raising website list marcus as a member of the crew but the yuba police departments as marcus was unofficial member of the crew is present in the pit is being investigated. >> 8:05 will be back with more in a couple of minutes. a live look at the golden gate bridge. it is just a little bit of a wait to the approach to the bay bridge. we will be right
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>> we are back. bay area headlines at 8:08. >> a weeklong test program line bicycles on all trained on bart will start today. the pilot program is the second test expansion of bicycle assets to bart this year. currently, bikes are better for all trained during commute hours, a policy that has been the subject of protests from bicycle commuters for years. the pilot program, which will run for friday will still provide advice and the front three cards of all trained during commute hours and from the first car at all times for safety reasons. >> if the second pilot is deemed a success, bart staff for turn to the board of walls will permit changes to
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buy a policy >> in august commuters in san francisco, san jose and up along the peninsula will not need their own bicycle to peddle to many destinations. there will hey wie able to borrow in return hundreds of bicycles the dozens of kiosks. the bay area quality management district is rolling out a $7 million test program in august alone bikes to residents. >> the program, which is not been named will feature 700 bikes and 70 different boat stations. exact prices have not been named yet but you can expect to see prices in the range of $5 for 24 hours, two of dollars for three days, and around $85 for an annual pass. >> transit officials say the much-hyped there is service between oakland and san \ /
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south of san francisco have not been living up to the expectations. the 42 men in our service was launched nine months ago and operate seven trips each weekday. however, officials say riders ship is less than a third of what they were hoping for during the ferry's first year on the bay. >> now, in an effort to boost riders ship, the ferry operator once been another to launch a $30,000 add more trips. it would include a third afternoon should to the east bay into midday trips a week between south san francisco and pier 41. >> we will be back with more on kron 4 morning news.
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>> morning it is 8:13. >> we want to take a look at the weather with erica. >> we are off to a mile start. temperatures will start to climb as we head into the tall clock tower. by lunchtime if you are out and about already observing upper 60s for the livermore valley, the delta, and some of our stock is bought. >> on the cooler side along the coastline in places like san francisco. heading into the 2:00 hour yellow on your screen indicates to averages and the seventies. we will continue to contend with high, scattered clouds. for clouds will thicken up as we head into 8:00 p.m. tonight.
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light blue on your screen indicates temperatures in the '50s. mild weather for the next 24 hours. breaking down your afternoon highs. mid-60s the upper 60s in south bay. milpitas 67. 68 for cupertino. los gatos 71. it is not alone. we are also seeing that number for danville, fairfield. 69 and concord. 56 and san leandro. most '60s for downtown san francisco. satellite and radar shows what i am talking about high clouds streaming in. lower cloud cover hugging the coast line. this storm system in the pacific is a slow mover. it will bring wet weather to the bay area. you can see on future cast 4. >> this model does not show too much rain by 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night mainly cloudy skies. the rain will start to pick up for the overnight hours. check out 3:00 a.m. and the livermore valley,
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the east bay shoreline, san bruno, san francisco we will continue to see rain intensified potentially in time for your morning commute. >> when this is said and done we could see between a quarter to three-quarters of an inch of rain. this has been typical of what we have been observing since january 1st. >> thursday, friday back of the sunshine temperatures in the upper 60s los seventies. then mid-70s heading into saturday and sunday. george. >> we are looking at a hot spot free ride. there is still slow traffic around the bay area this morning. not as bad at the bay bridge. take a look we can actually see the end of the back up. at one time this reached nearly to the macarthur maize but not quite. the commute times at dropped dramatically. back down to a 14 minute drive time out of the macarthur maize. >> for your ride to the san mateo bridge, highway 92 we have stabilized a speech. you are looking at a 30
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minute drive time in the west bound direction. no problems of a high-rise. >> the golden gate bridge ride looks good. there is heavy traffic in northern ran. i will show you that in a moment. first let us look at your east bay ride. interstate 680 for the san ramon valley looks good watch as dublin. westbound 580 is cleared. and it's not too badly. south bay freeways heavier traffic now for 101, 28 minute is a drive time of the coyote valley toward the montagu. >> your ride on 85 north the heaviest traffic is leaving saratoga and leading into mountain view from cupertino. >> here's the north bay ride an accident at north san pedro road near the civic center. it looks bad but the drive times are still under 40 minutes at 39 minutes from 37 down to the golden gate bridge. >> james. >> thank you george. on world news catholics from around the globe gathered over the weekend to see and hear the new pope. more
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than 200,000 reportedly packed st. peter's square on sunday. pope francis greeted them from the window of his papal apartment and also came face-to-face with some well-wishers, after leaving vatican grounds to meet them following morning mass. some worshipers say that they feel that the new pope appears to have a strong connection with the public. >> the catholic church has had its troubles they were so high and now we are so low. we are happy for that. >> when he came out of the church he is irreversible. he is connecting with the people. >> pope francis is set to be installed and sank years where it will be early in the morning. we will have live coverage. you have to set your alarm or >> are the cable installation will be at 130 in the morning. will carry
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for you live on our 21-- hour 24/7 news channel comcast won 93 or streaming on kron4.com. >> a senior u.s. military official visiting seoul is sending a message to both koreas warning north korea over recent threats of reassuring south korea that military backing will not be heard by a u.s. budget debate. >> that the secretary of defense ashton carter told reporters that the north's threat will only deepen washington that his commitment to seoul. >> ashton said the u.s. budget cuts will not alter pentagon efforts to make south korean defense a priority. >> six men have been arrested following the gang or a robbery of swiss tourist in central india. the group will appear in court today. this woman and her husband or on a cycling tour of india and set up camp on a group of men allegedly assaulted them,
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beating the bus and raping the wife. the case comes at a time in india when there are calls for stricter laws on sexual assault and changes in cultural attitudes toward women. a december gang rape on a new selhi bus that killed a woman spurred protest in india where most women have stories of sexual harassment and abuse on public transportation or on streets. >> china has bypassed britain as the world's fifth largest arms exporter. >> the volume of chinese weapons exports rose to 162% from 2008-2012. the stockholm international peace research institute says the largest buyers of chinese weapons have been pakistan, which accounts for 55 percent of the country's exports. the u.s. remains the world's top arms exporter, with third for some global volume. russia is second with 26%, germany third with 7%, and france
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for with 6%. >> for a white house official confirms that assistant u.s. attorney general thomas perez will be offered up as the next secretary of labor. some republican opposition is expected when president obama nominates perez today. if confirmed by the senate, perez, who has been head of the justice department store as a business for three and a half years, which take over the labor the garden as obama undertake several were oriented initiatives, including an overhaul of immigration laws and an increase in the minimum- wage. >> all classes' it would not only be dangerous for israel but the world. >> all options are on the table from stopping iran obtaining a nuclear weapon. the president wants to
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convince israeli leaders for more time for diplomacy. >> we will continue to engage internationally with iran. >> we will set up the toughest sanctions ever is having a significant effect. when israel believes iran is closer to a nuclear weapon in the u.s. does. >> the relationship between the countries' leaders does not help. >> president obama and the prime minister had a strained relationship for the last four years it is difficult to see and it is going to change the underlying dynamic of that relationship. >> that was athena jones reporting. >> while oversees the president will stop in jordan. his visit includes peace talks with jordan leaders and delivering a speech to college students. >> thank you for waking up with kron for moo 4 morning new >> a lot of sunshine in the commute direction we will be
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>>8:28 . beautiful live shot around san francisco. we see pretty much clear skies rid what are we in for this week. some changes? absolutely darya. we will
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need our rain gear. wet weather on tap for wednesday possibly tuesday night. most of us will be sleeping. as of now temperatures sitting in the '40's and low 50s. into the afternoon we're talking '60s possibly low seventies. a full of the forecast coming up in just a bit. >> in the meantime taking it to the traffic desk. a live look at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. modest weight. hardly any weight coming from the nimitz freeway. we do have delays coming out of marin county. south bound 101 looking at the red on your screen will have drive times and a closer look at traffic and a couple of minutes. james. >> thank you erica. a fight in alameda leading our top stories. it happened inside of a bar over night kron fours will trend has been there all morning long keeping tabs on the latest with the police investigation. let us join him now. will. >> i just got off the phone with a public information officer one of the victims was in worse shape than we thought. he was rushed into surgery after receiving a
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major-to his neck because of fight. >> there is still crime scene tape that is to allow the cleaners to remove all the blood that is on the ground. we know it happened at scobie inside and it spilled outside. one person was stabbed in the head. we have found out that he was also taken to the hospital but it really is. here is video we got right after it happened according to the public inf officers they need to talk to the owners of scobies . they do not know how it started but no there were multiple suspects. he believes possibly they hopped into a car and sped away from the scene. they hope to look at surveillance video. he says displace the starkly in the past has provided surveillance video when there is a fight. he is talkins hoping to talk to the br owner. there is not much of a description of the
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suspect. they are looking for an asian male. we will continue to fall the case and as more details coming will keep you updated. >> here is a look at the room memorial for a santa rosa boy was killed off following a race car accident on saturday. friends and family of 14 year-old marcus johnson have been stopping by the moral outside his family's muffler shop. police say the boy was one of the two people killed when a race car sped out of control during a warm-up lap on a racetrack in yuba county in marysville. >> 68 year-old dale wondergem was also killed. >> authorities said the boy is a cousin of the driver of the race car was not injured. >> in petaluma please respond to a string of alcohol-related accidents over the weekend and made for arrest. the first-class cabin saturday night around 6 a meeting at pelham boulevard in washington
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street. >> a 22 year-old was arrested. a second crash happened on whether drive in west haven way, a 17 year- old arrested in the incident. >> and a third incident happened early sunday morning near sutter st., and a 19 year-old was taken into custody. >> a d.u.i. a licensed checkpoint in santa rosa leads to multiple arrest. >> 54 d.u.i. and 17 were cited for driving without a license. for others are driving with a suspended license. complete their numbers are expected to be released soon. >> thick columns of smoke abusing hanging over antioch, brentwood and oakley due to a grass fire on sherman island. this was a startling sight people in the east bay saw yesterday's. according to fire officials, the boys started around 330 in the afternoon on the island. it is located where the sacramento and san joa
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quin rivers meet. kron 407 photographs of ash dusting homes in the east bay. firefighters and decided to let the grass fire burn itself out since no structures are threatened. >> and elderly man was found shot dead at a vallejo home or the weekend. it happen at a home on hichborn street last night. the victim was also found on the property dead with apparent gunshot wounds. >> kron fours jackie sissel is at the bart station. this is the second test expansion of bart assets. to get you more news faster we have jackie sissel our solo reporter. >> i am here at the macarthur bart station there are a lot of bike riders. for this week only part of a
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pilot program that will allow bikes on bart on all trained at all times. >> they have tried the pilot program in august to allow bikes on bart just on fridays during the commute hours. they will expanded for the entire week. there are some exceptions. they are asking riders if the trains overcrowded with for the next one. do not use the first three cars and do not use the escalator. what you're bike up or take the elevator. this is hoping to increase riders ship. >> i had a chance to talk to writers and to a bart director about the new program. >> when you get off a bart train you want to get somewhere may be relatively close. >> the goal is to better serve our passengers. bicycling is a growing mold in the bay area. we are following on the model that new york city and us los
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angeles subways have adopted. >> we are examining can we allow bikes during all hours. >> that director said he was talking about accommodating passengers. they want to increase riders ship they think this will do it. >> this program will last one week after that they will go through the data. the surveys they are conducting with bike riders and riders would not ride a bike. that will take it to the board and of the goal is to make it a full-time program. >> they are trying to weigh what is convenient and what is good for the bikes and passengers. >> that is a big part of the program. they will question people would not ride their bikes ask them what they think. if there was an affront for them on the trains. >> thank you jackie. >> new this morning a trial is set to began today in new york city over the police
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department's controversial tactics of stopping, questioning, and frisking people on the street. more than 100 police officers, scholars, and lawmakers are expected to testify today about the policy that has seen mostly african- americans and hispanic men stop by the police in the past decade. a lot of the people said there were targeted because of their race. >> and other nationals all classes are cancelled at the university of central florida this morning following the discovery of a student's body and explosives. >> i understood as were evacuated from a dorm building after someone called 911 reported a person with a gun. >> police arriving on a person dead inside a dorm will of an apparent suicide. they also found an assault weapon what they called improvised explosive devices. >> 8:37 let us get a look at the approach to the bay bridge. we have mostly clear skies. we will get caught up
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wearing their special outfit and time did to thread the needle between two buildings. let us see that again. witnesses cheer the pair after they landed safely. >> spectators in marble falls texans got quite a show over the weekend. the old highway trust bridge needed to be cleared to make way for a new one. the blast was so powerful it was felt more and 26 mi. away in knocked out self-service and land line for some. >> roaches crawling out of air vents, up seats, and windows on people. roaches were everywhere. passengers on a greyhound bus trip from the lancet city to new york on friday save tons of roaches were crawling everywhere and falling on them crawling up on their clothes. check out the sulfone footage that shows the pest scurrying across
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the floor. a second bus was sent immediately to continue his trip into your. greyhounds but with each passenger apologized and provided for refunds to everyone. here is a live look outside as we take a quick break on the kron 4 morning news. the view of walnut creek 680 southbound slow this morning. that is your commute direction. also in the east bay antioch. let us check with the temperatures. 48 degrees. 48 in oakland. 67 expected by this afternoon. will have an update on weather and traffic coming up in just a little bit.
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$50 travel credit. go to the tech report that tv i am rich demuro see you on vacation. >> erica has a look at the forecast. a good one on tap. good morning. >> in that is right james another mile day on tap. temperatures are not to bad. they have been consistent throughout the morning. we're still serving upper '40's and downtown san francisco. 43 in livermore. i want to track the temperatures. by 12:00 mainly '60s indicated by the green. it will be chilly along the coastline holding on to cloud cover. >> by 2:00 p.m. we will hit the seventies and plan for some of our north bay valley is. then, heading into the 8:00 hour cloud cover will thicken up and temperatures in the '50s. >> breaking down your afternoon highs. redwood city 67. 71 for los gatos. a mild warm day in store. 71 for fairfield, 69 in
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livermore. lows 60s in castro valley. downtown san francisco 62. upper 50s if you are heading to ocean beach. 70 in napa and 66 and berkeley. >> satellite and radar pictures show clouds coming in. the system, the storm is still in the pacific. it will slowly make its way to the bay area. future cast 4 shows just that. expect rain to develop tomorrow evening into the overnight hours. a wet commute as you wake up wednesday morning. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast highlights warmer weather past mid- week. temperatures back into the mid-70s as we head into saturday a 8:49 good morning george. >> good morning erica not looking at any hot spots. a look at the bay bridge where we have seen the back up almost completely disappeared. now it has grown a little along with the drive time back up to 16
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minutes. there is the end of the back up at the first over crossing. >> 880 back up in the right lane. the ride to the san mateo bridge, 9213 minutes, a 11 minutes as the west bound drive time. >> for the golden gate bridge. this is normally the time when we would see the heaviest traffic in the south bound direction. now the southbound side is completely clear of any delay. >> we're still looking at slow traffic not so much to the east bay where 24 me to southbound 680. heavy traffic here on 101 northbound at 85 at the guadalupe parkway. onto a zero from 17 to cupertino. the north bay ride still at about 38 minutes. south bound from novato to the golden gate bridge. >> there was an accident at san pedro which is clear now. >> to star high-school
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football players are heading to juvenile today. the two teenagers 17 year- old trent maize and 16 year- old malik richmond were convicted of raping a 16 year-old girl following an alcohol fuel party last summer. but now ohio's attorney general is calling for a grand jury investigation to see whether other teenagers, and even coaches, parents and school officials broke the law by not speaking of sooner. >> is 16 when this would not talk to us we had other evidence to present to the grand jury. this community desperately needs to have us behind them. this community also desperately needs to know that justice was done. it desperately needs to know that no stern has been left unturned. >> both teenager to address the court and apologize for their behavior. mays was
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sentenced to a minimum of two years in a juvenile correctional facility. richmond was sentenced to limit of one year but both to be in detention until they are 21. >> a small plane crashed in indiana has killed two people and injured several others. you can see the footage. authorities say the private jet crashed into a least three houses just today afternoon. the jet was apparently experiencing mechanical trouble when it crashed. officials also said three other people were taken to the hospital with non life threatening injuries. 8:51 will be back with more in a couple of minutes. a live look outside on the sunday monday that will turn cloudy. we will talk about the timing, the forecast, and the commute in just a couple of minutes. --sunny monday
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>> we are back. disneyland says children under 14 must have an older person with them when they enter the magic kingdom, beginning saturday. the theme park and adjoining california venture are changing their age policy to that kids under 14 cannot enter unless they're accompanied by someone 14 years or older. this led officials say some people have annual family passes routinely drop their children off for the day. there will be notified of the new policy. >> oz the great and powerful was a big hit at the box office. halle
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berrys the call a thriller came in in second place. >> steve care3lls magician movie birch wonder stone came in third. >> in prices are up 25% from this time last year. >> experts say with your property's the market is hitting back up. >> would take a quick break at 8:56 . coming up on the kron 4 morning news the pilot program to bring bart \ bicycles on bart. >> more strikes for the san francisco symphony affecting other parts of the country not just the bay area. >> watching your monday morning commute. >> will find out from george where we are seeing unusually slow traffic. >> erica has your updated weather forecast as well.
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>> (male announcer): live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. kron 4 news at 9 starts now. >> good morning the top stores were following this monday march 18th. police and alameda are investigating the stabbing that happen at a bar early this morning. we're live on the scene. also at memorial growing for a santa rosa boy who was killed during the warm of lack of a car race on saturday in marysville. >> a weeklong test program allows bicycles on all bart trains in will start today. we have crews on the scene to bring you more coverage coming up. >> first a quick look at weather and traffic. >> good morning darya. waking up the sun is out there a few high clouds. it is a pleasant start out there. we are expecting a nice day. mild temperatures as you are stepping out the door. we can see increasing
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clout for the afternoon today. i do not expect any rain. is to be pleasant temperature rise. in an hitting seventies again. will be in the '60s by this afternoon. tonight mostly cloudy and cool. we're tracking rain to come this way starting tomorrow. more details on that in just a bit. first here is george with your traffic. >> thank you anny . we continue to monitor a hot spot free ride. the bridges are seeing big improvements. >> at the bay bridge there is the end of the back up. it is a 13 minute drive time if you're coming from the nimitz freeway. about 14 if you're coming from the east shore freeway. your ride to the san mateo bridge, highway 9211 minutes the commute time over to foster city. >> the golden gate bridge ride looks good coming from marin county. expect to see the third lane added northbound this hour. >> thank you george. a fight and alameda police to lay stabbing inside a bar. it
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happen overnight. this morning kron 4 is live at oat central ave. >> >> it happen at this bart you see behind me names scobies. >> the police have been i here for more than seven hours cleaning up the scene. >> an information officer tells me one of the victims was so severely injured that there were rushed into surgery. he is out of surgery in stable condition. >> we do know six people were involved in the fight that started inside and spilled out into the streets. ultimately two people were hurt. the one person i told you about the other person received a major cut on his head. he also said at a hospital treated and released. his fine this morning. as far as what started the fights they do not know. they have talked to many witnesses. they plan to talk to the owners of the bar to get
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surveillance video from them. they tell me they will ask. >> there have been fights here in the past but the the owners have been cooperative in giving video to the police. >> a generic description of the suspect at this point all they're saying is that they are asian man who probably took off after a brawl in a car. back to you darya. >> thank you will. >> in vallejo four people were hurt when a pickup truck drove the may 3rd store. right through the door the wall and the windows. you can see the trucks there the driver was one of those was injured. we do not know the severity of the injuries at this point erica we have not got a word on the cause of the crash. >> a vallejo police are investigating a deadly shooting. police responded to reports of shots fired on hichborn street in vallejo just after 5 last night.
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when their arrived on the scene they discovered an elderly man dead inside a building with apparent gunshot wounds. the victim's identity is been withheld as police continue their investigation. >> 903 right now. >> take a look at a memorial for a santa rosa boy killed following a maryville raceway crashed on saturday. friends and family of 14 year-old marcus johnson have been stopping by the memorial outside of his family's muffler shop. police said the boy was one of two people killed when a race car sped out of control during a warm-up lap on a racetrack in marysville and crash into a pit area. >> off 68 year-old ale wondergem of grass valley was also killed. authorities said the boy is a cousin of the driver of the race car who was not injured. >> kron fours mauren kelly has more formation about the driver in the victim.
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>> 14 year-old marcus johnson known by the nicknamemj was a lifelong drifter according to its web site. starting with smaller vehicles like go-karts since he was 5 years old. you can see him posing with a trophy in the snapshot alongside his older cousin chase. on the right-hand side of the screen. >> that young man now 17 was behind the wheel during saturday's fatal crash. chase johnson has also been a competitive research since a young age. his website reveals he comes from four generations of race car drivers. the 17 year-old who was on injured in the crash flicks and penngrove town outside of parliament. some of the technicians he have one have been at the pedal the speedway. chase is a senior at petaluma high school. his shop teacher says he is a good student one of several kids at the school was very involved in the sport. >> it is a family activity is a wonderful thing to have a great sport with your family. but to lose a family
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member who areas is very difficult and sad to hear. >> chase johnson's raising website listed market as a member of the crew. the yn ba county sheriff's department said that marcus was not an official member of the pit crew. >>, mauren kelly kron 4 news. >> 905 is the time. we will continue to follow the news on that story. >> in other bay area stores were following you can take your bicycle on bart. they are doing another test to see if they should expend a bicycle access to bart. carly bikes are banned from all trained during commute hours. this is an effectihas bea protest by commuters. >> the program is running until friday. >> the first three cars are
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off-limits during commute hours. other than that you can take your bicycles on board this whole week long. the bart board will go back and look at whether they should make permanent changes to allow bicycles on bart. >> in august, commuters in san francisco, san jose and up and down the peninsula will not need to own a bite to peddle to many destinations. they will be able to borrow and return hundreds of bicycles at dozens of kiosks . the bay area quality management district is rolling out a $7 million test program in august along bikes to residents. the program, which is not been and will feature 700 bikes at 70 different stations. exact prices have not been named yet but you can expect to see prices in the range of $5 for 24 hours, $12 for three days, and around $85 for an annual pass. >> it is 9 07. we will be back with more in just a couple of minutes. taking a live look at san francisco.
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it looks like it's getting a little bit ccloudier than earlier this morning.
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>> so, this much-hyped ferry service between oakland san francisco has not been living up to expectations. the $42 million service was launched nine months ago and operate seven trips each week day. however, officials say riders ship
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this was the third of what they were hoping for during the ferry's first here on the bay. now, in an effort to boost riders ship, the ferry operator wants to spend another $230,000 at more trips. it would include a third afternoon trip to the east bay into a midday trips a week between south san francisco and pier 41. >> check out the schedules and give that a try. >> marked zuckerberg is doing something right. the facebook chief earned a 99 percent approval rating from the social network employees, topping glass doors annual list of the 50 highest rated ceos . glass doors are reminders of thousand of the employed across various industries, and based on their feed back over the past 12 months, ranked the most impressive bosses. zuckerberg is not the only tech company chief
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getting high marks from employs. 18 of the top 50 ceios are at technology based organizations, including sap building iran and jim hagerman bnabe who died as a cover for first place. state legislatures across the country are deducing lawmakins making it harder for animal welfare advocates to investigate quality in food safety cases. >> some bills make it illegal to take photographs at a farming operation. others make a cry for someone such as an animal welfare advocates to lie on an application to get a job at a plant. bills pending in california, nebraska and tennessee require that someone collecting evidence of abuse turn it over to law enforcement with a 24 to 48
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hours with advocates say this not allow enough time to document illegal activity under federal humane handling and food safety laws. for a live look from our mount tam cam. will be back with more on the kron 4 morning
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>> we are back. a time for checks of winners and losers with our financial expert rob black. >> you have home builder confidence. walk us through what is going on. >> home builders feel they can sell more homes if there were not so many contingencies and standards put on mortgages and whether or not people qualify for credit. it is a bit of a bottleneck. they are a little bit unhappy. consumer shopping is great. expectations of future is great. we need the standards to get loose more people
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would buy. it is also positive feedback. i bought a house last year enduring great it feels good. home builders will be fine. restrictions all still have it. you have to have 20 percent down for a lot of the loans. the hurdles are still high for qualifying. if they lose and that maybe it will send people off a little bit. >> the other news is carnival. it is not hard to imagine why they have taken a pretty big hits in the media and for good reason. >> i have a recurring nightmare that i am stuck on the carnival cruise with cat the lee gifford and sinn singing to me that stash kath--kathy lee gifford. >> they have had for cruises and the last month and been shut down. they came back early. last year they have the concord near where people died. it is actually
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a play on me. as i get older i am not as physical as i used to be i want to lay on a boat get some sun, be driven around and lay on a boat. >> if they get another ship maybe people will start wondering about the safety records. this is much like going when they had problems with the 787. >> on the winner column will want to talk about the louisville cardinals. the college basketball team they're making some money. >> it is tied toward the arena. the arena in louisville. they have a bigger tv contract. 38 and one-half million dollars they are the top seed in the ncaa tournament. not telling you to gamble but if you do the got a pretty good. >> they are worth 32.9
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million. north carolina is on the list. duke is 11 of the list but they spend more than any other team and they have better facilities barr.. >> it is big business now it is just not an activity for the students. >> the other in a letter the winner, should say is a disney. we reported the, oz movie is the biggest movie of the year. another 40 + million dollar weekend. disney is riding high now. >> their competition the incredible burt wonder stone. >> someone has to wonder if jim carey's agent is high. >> people are flocking for the movie. it shows you the power of disney. i love things disney. as an investor. i'd like to buy on weakness. they had that
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loser john carter goes to mars or something. >> that was a bad movie. >> everything you touch you want to invest in animation, pickscarxar the adventures. >> a very powerful franchise. >> thank you for your insight. always welcome. rob can be found on our 24/7 news channel, has won 93. >> let us conducted on the forecast. >> good morning james a live look at the golden gate bridge. we see high clouds have filtered in. that is expected as we are waiting for some rain to arrive in the bay area. the will talk about seven a minute. for today expect an increase in cloud the route the
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afternoon they will thicken. tomorrow cloudy the rain starts mainly in the evening. a few spots could see it as early as late afternoon. wednesday, morning rain for that commute. we could see afternoon clearing along with showers that will be hit and miss drop the day. temperatures now not to bad. 40 now in downtown san francisco. 54 in oakland. a lower fifties in redwood city. 50 in concord. vallejo '40's. napa 46. novato at 45 degrees. >> cloud seven filtering in. they will continue to thicken throughout the day. we have rain coming this way starting tomorrow afternoon and into the evening hours. also for wednesday. temperatures will cool down over the next couple of days. >> here is your futurecast 4. time for rain tuesday through gramm. th 3:00 p.m..
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>> will start to see the wet weather by late tuesday afternoon. the better chances in the evening hours. definitely over night. wednesday morning also rain impacting the morning commute as well. you may see pockets of moderate to heavy rainfall. this is not a huge weather maker as far as a lot of moisture not associated with it. not a lot of rain but every bit we get we can use. >> highs for today will stay dry. temperatures in the low seventies for santa clara, upper 60s for san jose. 574 mountain view, apostle, cupertino all getting into the lower seventies. for the east bay 71 and walnut creek. 63 in castro valley off low seventies for the east bay interior valleys. richmond cooler at 63. for the north bay in mid to upper 60s for petaluma have an novato 70 in napa.
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berkeley 63. oakland 67. downtown san francisco 63. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast will cool down over the next couple of days again wet tomorrow afternoon and evening hours. overnight for wednesday. wednesday rain mainly in the morning we will see showers in the afternoon we will hit or miss. >> thursday breezy, mild, and dry for the weekend. >> the time is 921 here is george the traffic. >> we are looking at an accident in the south bay a potential hot spots. mountain view in that area 10 on the bay shore south bound. initial reports that more than one lane was blocked. it is also having an impact on the northbound ride though not quite as bad now. it does not appear to be jamming up the south bound commutes. most of the traffic is on the opposite side of the freeway heading north. it is a potential hot spots. >> looking at the bridges things are on winding nicely
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at the bay bridge only a short wait for the west bound ride. looking at about a 13 minute commute time. the san mateo bridge and easy ride. >> drive times and down to 11 minutes whether east to west bound. >> the golden gate bridge commute looks great. light traffic now especially on the southbound side. darya. >> thank you george. 922 we will be back in just a couple of minutes. a live look outside. this is a san mateo bridge which looks like a bright spot. we will be right [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t.
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>> in bay area news major changes are coming for people traveling hayward. crews are about to finish a construction project that as many years in the making. grant lodes is here to give us a closer look at what is being called the hayward
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blue. >> the city of hayward was nice to share this fancy animation with us. let us take a closer look. the hayward will extends from foothill boulevard and interstate 580 south to micssion boulevard at industrial parkway. >> it will be one way traffic here in the loop. it goes up and around and back again. it will start at the intersection of foothill, mission, and jackson streets. after you go on foothill it will extend west onto 8 street. another left- hand turns out on to mission boulevard. >> this is to help the flow of traffic. drivers are urged to take it slow at first. there are other slight changes in the scenario. the one-way traffic log started a couple of minutes ago. crews adjusting traffic lights and lanes. the $100 million project should be ready to roll for drivers by monday morning's commute. >> some business owners say
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that at the height of the construction business was off by as much as 80%. they're now holding their programs will make it easier to us to shop at their places. >> i hope that it does succeed. they spent a lot of money on this a lot of money. i hope it succeeds. >> i think it will be good for the city. the city looks better. we are hoping people get used it and not focus on the negative. >> the construction is expected to be complete by jim. >> 927 will be back with more in a couple of minutes. taking a live look outside at the hold up in san jose. slow traffic on 101 north the right hand side. we will [ teen ] times are good, aren't they, kids?
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>> welcome back it is 930. a live look at walnut creek. 680 looks good. george has an update on hotchpotch may want to stay around. we
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talked about a problem in mountain view 101 southbound at ellis. the chp has come from three lanes are broblocked. delays for south bound 101 which is backed up to palo alto for the ride. in terms of getting around it you could use fell camino real out. you could use middlefield road or if you want to stay clear you can use interstate 280 and the southbound direction. >> is a check of the web with anny. >> we're waiting to mostly sunny skies. we have a few high clouds building in. we are expecting more clouds drop the day. we should see some wrecks of sunshine drop the day. >> for an increase in cloud mainly in the afternoon. tuesday cloudy and the rain starts in the evening for most locations. no. they may potentially see it let afternoon. on wednesday morning rain for the commute. the will see clearing for the afternoon.
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many lingering showers. >> more details on the wet weather coming this way. will time out and talk about the weekend forecast for next weekend. darya. >> thank-you anny at 931. a fight and alameda at a bar. >> in will tran as the latest and is on the scene. >> at this point we know there were asian males that hopped into a car before police officers arrived at the scene. it happen at scobies it they have been here before. they know more than likely the owners will turn over surveillance video. speaking of video here is what we got after it happened about 150 shortly before closing time. six people get into a fight. the officers arrived and found two of the victims were outside. the fight started on the inside. it spilled onto the sidewalk. two of the victims were rushed to
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the hospital. one person was cut on the side of the head. he was treated and released. we have learned the of the person was slashed so badly he had to rush into surgery. he is out of surgery in stable condition. >> at this point they do not have a lot to go on which is why they are hoping the owner will come to the plays later and hand over the surveillance video as we continue talking to possible witnesses. >> back to you darya. >> thank you will. another story we're following a memorial for a santa rosa boy was killed while watching a car race for the weekend in marysville. this is the moral for 14 year-old marcus johnson it is outside his family's muffler shop. people are living their wishes. marcus and a 68 year-old man named dale wondergem from grass valley
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were killed when a race car went out of control during a warm-up lap on a racetrack in yuba county. and crashed into the pit area. the driver of the race car who was not injured was marcus is cousin 17 year-old he is not injured. >> petaluma police responded to a string about all related accidents over the weekend and made for arrest. the first crash happened saturday night around 6 in the evening and petaluma boulevard in washington street. >> a 22 year-old man was arrested. >> the second crash happened on whether drive and was taken away, a 17 year-old arrested in that incident. >> off and a third accident happened early sunday morning near sutter st., and a 19 year-old was taken into custody. >> a d.u.i. license checkpoint in santa rosa leads to multiple arrest over the weekend. santa rosa police arrested five for driving under the
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influence. >> 74 cited for driving without a license. >> for other for driving with spent a license. complete bay area numbers are expected to be released soon. >> an elderly man was found shot dead at a vallejo home over the weekend. it happened in a home on hichborn street last night. the victim was found on the property dead with apparent gunshot wounds. >> thick columns of smoke could be seen hanging over antioch, redwood and oakley during a grass fire on sherman island. this was a startling sight people in the east bay saw yesterday. according to fire officials, the blaze started around 330 in the afternoon on the island. it is located where the sacramento and san j aoquin rivers meet. kron for your sent in photographs of asked dusting homes in the east bay. firefighters have decided to let the grass fire burn itself out since
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their and no structures in the area. >> in let us get the details about the pilot program for bikes to ride on the bart trains. >> you can tell the bikes right here at the macarthur bart station this we did not have to put them in iraq they can bring them on all traines at all times. it is part of a pilot program that started today that will run for the entire week. there was a partial pilot program in august when they allowed bikes on bart trains during the commute hours on fridays. they are extending it for the entire week. there are some exceptions. they are allowed on all trains would not all cars. the first three cars are reserved for passengers only. if you do play as a jew nt take the escalator take the elevator or carrier ride down the stairs.
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>> this is an effort to see what can happen if they allow bicycles on the the train. i talked to a director at bart as well as some riders. >> when you get off a bart train and want to get somewhere may relatively close but too far to walk it makes it much simpler and encourages you to take bart rather than drive. >> the goal is to better serve our passengers. bicycling as a growing mold in the bay area as throughout the nation. we're following on the models that new york city and the los angeles subways have adopted. we are examining can we allow bikes during all hours. >> it is about increasing riders ship. they believe they can get a significant increase by allowing bikes on bart. it will take disinformation from this week, compile it, do the survey and go back to the board of directors and
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ultimately prpresent in from of the full board of directors. >> today should be pretty nice. last week with been better but still. >> hundreds of people, in fact one walking by. a lot of people riding their bikes on bart today. >> other news were following the san francisco symphony says that musicians' strike is forcing the cancellation of the upcoming east coast tour. more than 100 musicians started striking on wednesday when their union and the symphony failed to reach an agreement on a new contract. the musicians to reject a proposal to resume playing contras during a cooling off period. the last time the musicians went on strike was from 1996 to 1997. the strike led to the cancellation of 43 concerts'. >> it is 938. . let's get a
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live look outside. this is the golden gate bridge looking nice. it is a lot cloudier than earlier. we had a lot of sunshine this morning. things are starting to change we will be back with details of the weather and a couple
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>> all classes are cancelled at the university of central florida this morning following the discovery of a student's body and explosive. 500 students were evacuated from a dorm building after someone called 911 and reported a person with a gun. felice arriving found a person t polica person dead inside a dorm room of an apparent suicide. >> they also found an assault weapon and what they call impoverished explosive devices. >> new this morning a trial is set to began this morning in new york city over the police department's contreras to attack the of
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stopping, questing and sometimes for the people on the street. more than 800 police officers, scholars and lawmakers are expected to testify about the policy that is seen mostly african- americans and hispanic man stopped by police in the past decade. >> off the time is 942. it will be right back with a live look at san francisco and if you like shrimp, then you're going to love
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>> welcome back to kron 4 morning news the time is 945. >> at the bottom end of the peninsula commute is where we did for a while have three lanes of traffic blocked. at ellis the accident is clear from the traffic lanes and from the freeway mostly. it is still sluggish and recovery leading out toward highway 5. >> the north bound side is nullo were adversely affected. you are still behind schedule. use metal fell, el camino or to
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release around news in just a 280 on the southbound side. >> looking at the bridge is one last check. no longer apply for the bay bridge westbound. the metering lights at last check for still active. >> your ride to the san mateo bridge is problem free of morning. >> the drive times are 11 minutes. your commute for the golden gate bridge looks good here. 4101 south bound with the third lane already added in the north bound direction. >> another troublecheck of trafc here's anny hong. >> we do see clouds coming into the area. we will stay dry today. things will change come tomorrow. we are looking at the increase in cloud for the afternoon. temperatures will be on the pleasant side this evening. mostly cloudy in temperatures will be cool. now we are in the lower fifties in downtown san francisco and hayward. redwood city opera '40's for pledging to livermore. 47 navato is at 48 degrees.
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santa rosa 44. satellite and radar shows the clouds coming in off the coast. they will continue to increase throughout the day. there will be some peaks of sunshine here and there. then, wet weather will be coming as early as tomorrow afternoon. most of us should see it during the nighttime hours. also partly in to wednesday. here is a future cast 4 showing 3:00 tomorrow afternoon the green indicating light rain. the yellow the more moderate to heavy rain. i think the north bay could see it as early as late afternoon. better chances during the evening hours. overnight when will see more showers and a light rain come through. >> 7:00 wednesday morning we will see what weather as well. the rain will taper off. showers for wednesday afternoon. it is not holding a lot of moisture. we will not have a lot of rain. borders, skiers, you want to see snow and the mountains.
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>> the highs for today will be dry and partly sunny conditions mostly cloudy. lower seventies for palo october. seventies for santa clara. upper 60s for san jose. milpitas, fremont 65 degrees for our friends in the east bay. a nice day. >>: richmond san leandro. around mid '60s for san leandro. the same for union city. for the north bay, temperatures pretty pleasant as well. >> 67 for petaluma. 65 in the bottle. 63 in downtown san francisco. san bruno lower '60s. oakland 67. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows with the rain it will hold down tomorrow for wednesday. breezy for thursday but dry. mostly sunny conditions. friday in to the weekend we will warm up to the near mid-70s by the end of the weekend on sunday. darya. >> thank you anny.
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>> let us take at a numb figures in from data quick show the bay area real-estate market took a small hit from january's figures take a look. the median house price in february dropped 1.8% from january's numbers. however, the number also show that prices are up 25% from last year at the same time. >> experts say with your bank all properties pushing prices down, the market is hitting back up. >> as kron fours terisa estacio reports, an open house today, real revealed a close-up look at what the overall numbers are showing. >> i have had at least 75 people through today. people waiting outside just before shows up. >> this four-bedroom and one
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and have that is already attracting a lot of attention. it has only been on the market a few days. i have noticed a lot of people saying when can i offer a bit. >> yes. everyone wants to know the offer a. i have been writing office for buyers anywhere from 5 to 40 office on the place. >> temple says low inventory is driving demand up. the latest figures shows foreclosures have dwindled allowing price support a let up. >> if you're a buyer looking for a bargain the bounce back has been grueling. >> in an unbelievable. high volume. multiple offers. quick sales. prices, sales going over the asking. all cash. that has been our experience. >> all cash? >> if i do not understand where or why.
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>> in berkeley hills tersia estacio kron 4 news. >> after the automatic spending cuts kicked in the ripple effects are being felt across the country. jim axousta talked some young students who school trip was affected. >> these students came from burlington north carolina to the school's annual filtered to washington. >> late last month received a confirmation. >> this is as far as they made it. they are cutting their budget. instead they're getting as civics lesson and the meaning of a sequester. >> i have ticked off. >> like the rest of our classmates shield fund raisers to come up with a $300 for the trip. >> do you understand what is going on here. why this is happening which are >> yes. because obama does not want anyone to see is beautiful house.
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>> her feelings are hurt. >> that was the highlight of our trip for the students. >> this is an opportunity some of us never get again. >> it is a very unfortunate circumstance. it is the result of the sequestered. >> officials say they have to make a choice between counseling tours and furloughing secret service agents. they also point to other painful cuts. the air traffic control towers and small cities facing closure to the reduced hours at the national archives. >> we come cuts and science research in the national let president obama visit illinois illinois. >> they did not turn the fact, they cut into muscle and bone. >> the program enticed into end joined the marines of first place which will be cut. >> you don't get to maintain a job as a service member's wife. we did a lot. this was
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a little fund thing in return for everything we do. >> back at 1600 pennsylvania avenue the students want to get up close to the white house are in said getting a tour in broken government. >> we should have got of the house because this was the people's house. >> the tour comes at a high price. >> a terrible example to give these kids. >> it is like reading a promise. >> jim acousta the white house. >> taking a live look at the approach to the bay bridge. an easy ride. [ man ] we have a go for auto sequence start.
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